Can I hear some suggestions on what the best choice for a knot would be build an expedient emergency use escape kit? IE. Hook/or caribiner, decender, anchor to harness, single rope. The common 7.5mm 50' kits out there sew a loop in that are perminatly attached, so when the rope or components are compromized, you have to toss the entire kit. To replaced the rope and keep the components (or replace a component) in the chain, what knot would you all best use as the loop to connect the anchor and hook/carabiner?

I was thinking either a tight bowline with a square safty, or perhaps a follow through 8 and saftey? but I cant find my chart that used to show how much reduction in the ropes capacity is compromised?

Can I hear some suggestions on what the best choice for a knot would be build an expedient emergency use escape kit? IE. Hook/or caribiner, decender, anchor to harness, single rope. The common 7.5mm 50' kits out there sew a loop in that are perminatly attached, so when the rope or components are compromized, you have to toss the entire kit. To replaced the rope and keep the components (or replace a component) in the chain, what knot would you all best use as the loop to connect the anchor and hook/carabiner?

I was thinking either a tight bowline with a square safty, or perhaps a follow through 8 and saftey? but I cant find my chart that used to show how much reduction in the ropes capacity is compromised?

Obviously, I haven't been climbing long enough to have any idea what you are talking about.

commercially there is some thing like what you want and its used for fire rescue made of Kevlar and built-in 8 on it, its $70 or so but I made a semi escape rap device made of 3/8" webbing that fits in to 16 oz plastic bottle with fig 8 loop on one end however, you must reconfigure the rap system to create a lot of friction to rap safely. i made it so when i go camping, i have 50 feet of plan b escape cord that can be use for vertical rap. not the best in the world but size and weight wise, its handy.

Grog also refers to a variation called the Scaffold Knot which has an extra turn - looks more secure as stated by Grog.

(I'm assuming the OP wants to connect the rope end to an eyelet in the hook or to a carabiner. The barrel knot leaves the tail in a way that can interfere with the hook/carabiner [although that pic doesn't show the barrel knot attached to anything])

I think it's been about 18 months. Mainly, I just remember getting grief for calling a barrel knot a "half of a double fishermans" (I understand there is a more precise name than those two but have forgotten.)

Can I hear some suggestions on what the best choice for a knot would be build an expedient emergency use escape kit? IE. Hook/or caribiner, decender, anchor to harness, single rope. The common 7.5mm 50' kits out there sew a loop in that are perminatly attached, so when the rope or components are compromized, you have to toss the entire kit. To replaced the rope and keep the components (or replace a component) in the chain, what knot would you all best use as the loop to connect the anchor and hook/carabiner?

I was thinking either a tight bowline with a square safty, or perhaps a follow through 8 and saftey? but I cant find my chart that used to show how much reduction in the ropes capacity is compromised?

Please visit the Wikipedia article on Word Salad. As I understand it, this is now a treatable condition.

I would untie the knot at the end of every day when everyone is back on the ground and retie the knot at the beginning of every day before anyone goes up. If you leave a rope tied in a permanent knot, it'll weaken the rope. Ropes need to "breath".